Nelson v. Wabash Railroad Company

HYDE, Judge.

Action under Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. §§ 51-59, in which plaintiff had a verdict for $8,000 for her husband’s conscious pain and suffering and $17,000 for loss on account of his death. Defendant has appealed from the judgment of $25,000 entered.

Defendant’s only claim of error is in refusing to direct a verdict in its favor and it states two' grounds for this contention. First, it says the evidence is insufficient to prove that it was negligent but instead shows that the injuries suffered by plaintiff’s husband, Charles M. Nelson, resulted solely from his own…